Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Plc

Unilever, N.v.

Unilever Plc, a Company Registered in England and Wales Under Company No. 41424

Karl John Hunter

Jean Hypolites Koek

Mark John Berry

Heather Frances Jennifer Bligh

Mark Ian Fowler

Katrina Macaulay

John Casey

Ranjit Kaur Bhogal

Robèr Antoine Kemperman

Sally Pamela Redfern

Shovan Ganguli

This invention relates to a plurality of compositions for dietary health management and its use in the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes, and also in the prevention and/or management of obesity and generally in weight management and loss. Thus a meal intended for human consumption is provided, the meal comprising: (a) 250-650 kilocalories (1045-4180 kiloJoules); (b) 10-50, preferably 20-50, more preferably 30-50 g fiber; (c) 10-50, preferably 10-30, more preferably 10-20 g protein; (d) 0 to 5, preferably less than 3 g starch; and (e) 0 to 2, preferably 0 to 1, most preferably 0 to 0.5 g lactose; (f) at least 20, preferably at least 30, most preferably at least 40 mg of any one flavonoid aglycone; and (g) at least 30, preferably at least 40, most preferably at least 50 mg of any one flavonoid glucoside; wherein the meal comprises 75-1000 mg of total flavonoid aglycone and flavonoid glucoside, wherein the meal comprises no more than 250 mg of any one flavonoid aglycone, wherein the meal comprises no more than 250 mg of any one flavonoid glucoside.

Meal intended for human consumption

This invention relates to a plurality of compositions for dietary health management and its use in the prevention or treatment of any one of the disease states in the group consisting of cardiovascular disease, inflammation and diarrhoea. Human evolution has been a very slow process in contrast to the relatively recent, rapid changes in our diet since the Neolithic revolution which marked the switch from hunter-gatherer to agricultural life-style around 10,000 years ago. Moreover our genome has not had time to evolve at the same pace and therefore it is postulated that our bodies will work more efficiently with an ancestral diet. In a first aspect of the invention, a plurality of compositions for the dietary health management system of a human being is provided, wherein the plurality of compositions comprise a daily diet of: (g) 1750 to 2750 kilocalories (7350 to 11550 kiloJoules); (h) have more than 1250, preferably more than 1450, more preferably more than 1650 mg gallic acid equivalents of polyphenols; (i) have more than 40, preferably more than 50, more preferably more than 60 g fiber; (j) have more than 130, preferably more than 150, more preferably more than 170 g protein (k) have 0 to 2, preferably 0 to 1.5, most preferably 0 to 1 g starch; and (l) have 0 to 5, preferably 0 to 2.5, most preferably 0 to 1 g lactose.

Compositions for dietary health management

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Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Karl John Hunter